Dear Rob and Tweeters,

After checking data from eleven years in which I had
kept records of Buffleheads in spring, I found that,
in Skagit and neighboring counties, a few of these
birds can typically be found into the week of May 16
to 23.

Here's a summary of the number of years in which "my
last Bufflehead of spring" appeared in the various
weeks. Years covered are 1993-1998 and 2003-2007.

Late April, one year.

May 1-7, one year.

May 8-15, two years.

May 16-23, five years.

May 24-31, zero years.

June 6, one year (one male at Butler Flats, 6-06-04).

June 28, 2005, one female at Judy Reservoir above
Clear Lake.

I would suspect that, had I visited Stanwood sewage
treatment plant each year, I might have found
Buffleheads later, since that place seems to harbor a
few ducks out of season.

Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch


--- Rob Sandelin <floriferous at msn.com> schrieb:

> I would be interested to know how late into the
> spring have people seen
> Buffleheads in the Lowlands of Western Washington.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer
> Snohomish County
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Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

garybletsch at yahoo.com



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